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16-yo sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued
RockCoCougars replied to TooLiveBrew's topic in Off-Topic Forum
Pretty much, because her age and the attention are the only reasons that she's doing this, what else is the point? This isn't Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic on a rickety prop, this is some rich kid on a million dollar boat. That said, I'm annoyed by the '29 year olds' who take stupid risks and end up trapped on a mountain face somewhere as well. -
16-yo sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued
RockCoCougars replied to TooLiveBrew's topic in Off-Topic Forum
I feel I'm as big a cynic as anyone, but man. Where do you draw the line between attention/publicity stunt & a simple desire to achieve something great? Once she turns 18, would there be some magical bean she or her parents have earned to be free of scorn?We can agree to disagree then. I just feel that her and her parents (probably more her parents) are publicity seekers. Frankly, I have no patience for any of these people who get in trouble while attempting risky 'feats' to feed their egos and/or 'need to live on the edge' and then require/expect all out rescue operations to bail them out when something goes wrong. I always detested that Steve Fossett guy, after a while, it was like 'we get it, you are a true adventurer, now please go away'. As much as people try to downplay this one, it was a very dangerous stunt- good grief, it took days to locate and rescue her, it's not like the motor on the pontoon killed in the middle of the lake. In the end, her parents got what they wanted anyway, because this 'story' was all over the news. -
The trade was 27 years ago last week, and I'm still mad about it. One of probably a dozen clutch hits Manning got in 4.5 years with the team, and it had to come then.
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I agree. It's kind of hard to trade a 25ish year old guy who is coming off an All Star season like Hardy and Hart. You have to have some faith that they are going to continue to prove, and flipping them for an unproven starter is not going to make much of the fan base too happy. Those moves are very risky, especially with a team shortly removed from the playoffs with a young core. The Brewers just seem to have had a bad run of luck with one year wonder type guys lately. That said, you can't trade every young guy coming off a good season, expecting that he's going to suck thereafter. Usually guys in their 20's continue to improve, not fall of the face of the earth. Frankly, I think that 'buying high' with guys like Suppan and Wolf has been a bigger problem for the Brewers anyway.
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Put them all on the market
RockCoCougars replied to bamberger's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
So you wouldn't take one really good AAA pitcher who is on the cusp of getting called up, but is perhaps blocked?No way. How many 'really good AAA pitchers' flame out? I would guess that most do. If the value of pitching is so high that you can not get a young, above average starter with some MLB experience for a guy who can hit 50 homers in a season, I'd prefer to just let Fielder walk. -
He's also hurting his value on the free agent market as well. Unless he goes on an ungodly tear for the rest of the season, he's not sniffing 100 RBI or even 30 homers. Maybe he will be amenable to considering a long term deal at this point. That being said- as others have said, with the Brewers luck, he will probably stink up the joint for the rest of the season, hurting his trade value and then have a career season next year. Maybe he's like a hitting Bret Saberhagen and will have a down year every year that ends in an even number.
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Why not restart the SWAC? I don't get the motivation to join the PAC 10, which hasn't been a football powerhouse, even before USC screwed themselves for years. Obviously, these decisions are driven mostly by football.
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16-yo sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued
RockCoCougars replied to TooLiveBrew's topic in Off-Topic Forum
Well, I'm glad the girl is safe. I don't really hold her culpable for all of this nonsense. I do question the sanity of any parent that would allow their 16 year old daughter to undertake such an endeavor. The point is that many of these adventurers often end up putting innocent rescuers at risk to satisfy their reckless pursuit of ego and/or danger. Not to mention diverting the attention of these resources if needed for someone who truly needs help and hasn't set out to be the 'first or youngest' whatever. Your post did mention that the Indian Ocean is particulary treacherous at this time of the year. That's all that I need to know about the intelligence of her parents for allowing her to undertake this. -
16-yo sailor Abby Sunderland has been rescued
RockCoCougars replied to TooLiveBrew's topic in Off-Topic Forum
Hopefully, her family is sent a large bill to cover the costs for this search and rescue operation. I have a real problem with these 'adventurers' when they bite off more than they can chew and then put the lives of rescuers at risk. -
If all of this nonsense doesn't prove that college sports is all about the money, I don't know what does. Part of the allure of college sports to me has always been the geographic rivalries. Now, because the Big 12 doesn't provide the University of Texas with enough revenue, their student athletes could be forced to fly from Texas to Pennsylvania or Indiana for conference games. Doesn't sound like much of a focus on the 'student' portion of 'student-athlete' to me. I can imagine that the 'small sports' will be hurt by the travel expenditures as well.
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Jeff Suppan on the mound. Three up, three down in the top of the 4th. I'm trying to find a link, but I swear to God it happened. Just kidding, I've been to many of the above, but my favorite game was the Easter Sunday 87 game. I've been to World Series games, no-hitters, 'milestone' games and the like, both none of them hold a candle to that 3 run comeback for whatever reason.
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I noticed that during the game, I think he hit 91 or even 92 a few times. Must have been a fast gun, because I highly doubt that he went from topping out at 87 to that out of no where.
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I would imagine that the Brewer hitters are salivating about the chance to hit against Suppan after having to endure standing on the field while he pitched for the past 3.5 years. Unless Duncan can add 5 mph velocity to Suppan's fastball and make it move, he is going to get rocked down there. It's not like he has good enough stuff where catching a 'mechanical flaw' is going to matter.
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Put them all on the market
RockCoCougars replied to bamberger's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I'm not trading Fielder unless I get at least one pitcher who has some track record of success in the majors. This is why any deal with him involved will likely have to happen in the offseason. I'm not moving him for just a couple of 'prospect' arms. I'd rather let him walk. -
LaRussa and Duncan picking up Suppan is akin to Mike Shanahan drafting Clarett in the 3rd round with the arrogance that anyone can succeed in their 'system'. If Suppan has an E.R.A. south of 6 down there with that stuff, those guys are genuises, but I don't think that it will happen. Hopefully, the Cardinals remain short on pitching so they have to keep him around. He won't get 30 starts, but wouldn't it be awesome for the Brewers if he could get 12 years in a row of 20 starts?
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I'm stunned this guy found another job- with a competitor none the less. Maybe the Brewers do have a chance to catch the Cardinals after all. If a starter goes down, and Suppan gets the ball every fifth day, things could work out nicely.
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Put them all on the market
RockCoCougars replied to bamberger's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I wouldn't trade Braun and Gallardo in a deal for ANY team's top 5 prospects. Most prospects don't pan out, and to count on them is foolhardy. I'll go even further to say that this team should have been trading prospects for veteran pitching during the past year, but they couldn't do so because of Suppan and all of the other horrible contracts. Now the 'window' for winning has almost closed, but not to the point I deal two of the cornerstones that are under contract for a reasonable rate. -
Riske was a bad signing, another blunder by Melvin. He was just a guy with average to below average stuff who had a few years with really good control and got rich. I find it painfully ironic that Melvin's long term bullpen blunder #2 replaced long term bullpen blunder #1 on the 60 day D.L. (yes, I know that two years isn't exactly long term, but good grief.... please no more multi-year contracts to setup guys).
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Obviously, the pitching staff needs a big time overhaul, but just the fact that we are discussing this issue with this offense makes me question whether the Brewers need to rebuild the front office. This isn't like the 1984 Brewers with a bunch of aging sluggers, most of these guys are in their primes or not there yet. Unlike most here, I have not given up on the season yet, so I'd like to try a managerial change. Just that simple move could spark the team, and if not no big deal. If they picked up a few games by the all-star break they could be only 6 back or so. That's not insurmountable.
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"get caught with another woman" Actually, I'd be lying if I denied that part of me wasn't hoping that he'd pull a Denny Neagle so the contract could be voided. edit--took out filtered word--pl
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The only way the Brewers would have a chance to catch St. Louis would be if they signed Suppan and used him as the closer. He's done, might as well go back to the restaurant for good. By the way, what was so classy about Suppan's statement? Not that I expected it, but once again, nowhere did he take responsibility for his poor performance. He did not thank the fans either, though he did 'wish them his best', which we will need after the damage that he's done to the franchise.
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Hammonds was but a blip on the screen. Not that he wasn't a horrible signing, he was - but he actually wasn't even that bad, basically he was the second coming of Marquis Grissom. He was just a china doll, which allowed Podsednik to emerge. In my view, Suppan was the worst Brewer ever, when you factor in both his performance and how his bloated salary became an albatross and crippled the team.
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I think Smith will be a huge upgrade by default if anything else. Riske, I'm not so sure.... don't get me started.
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I know that it's hyperbole, but that is kind of like arguing that Stalin wasn't quite as 'bad' as Hitler. Melvin is just lucky that Dave Roberts decided that he wanted to play on the West Coast that offseason (and that the Giants were stupid enough to pay him well to do so). The history of Brewers' 'big free agent signings' is horrible- the only one that I can think of that worked out OK was Dave Parker. They have had much more luck being scavengers, picking up fringe type guys.
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If they had such a dearth of starting pitching, why did they deal Davis about a month before? More on topic, I really hope Attanasio takes a look at the track record of teams with meddling owners over the years (Daniel Snyder, Peter Angelos, Mark Cuban, etc.). Though Steinbrenner had some initial success buying a couple of World Series, Yankees fans endured almost 15 years of mediocrity after that until he learned to step back.
